Machine Builders Can’t Ignore EMC!

Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) is an issue that many machine builders find complex and confusing, but that doesn’t mean that they can ignore their legal obligation to ensure their products meet the requirements of the EMC Directive. Paul Laidler of Laidler Associates, part of the machinery division of TÜV SÜD Product Service, explains.

There can be no doubt about the need for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC). Who, for example, has not experienced a landline phone conversation that’s been interrupted by chirps from a nearby mobile phone? In an ideal world, with total control of EMC, things like this would never happen. No one worries too much about the phone chirps, however, as they are nothing more than an annoyance. But when it comes to EMC and machines, the situation is very different.

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